Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1882 — How One Man Prospered. [ARTICLE]

How One Man Prospered.

Pilot Point (Texas) Point. ’ J. F. Rogers, a farmer hear this city, engaged four years ago for a -pdriod of six wepks in the novel pursuit of hunting opossum and other small varmints thek plentiful in this vicinity. This pursuit was engaged in both as a measure of sport and profit, and, notwithstanding he was constantly laughed at by his iriends, he boldy declared his intention to make the proceeds of that six weeks’, opossum hunt net him $lO,000 in less than ten years. Now for the result. The meat and pelts of that hunt were carefully sold, and when brought together aggregated $95. This amount was invested in twelve calves, -/which at the end of two years were sold and reinvested in 100 calves, which now, at the end of four years from the first investment, are held at S4O each, making axmt valuaof sloooi - —, —